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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can't and Starmer must fix that | Polly Toynbee

Labour faces internal and external crises over Middle East policy and electoral legitimacy, with the first-past-the-post system producing dangerously disproportional election results that undermine democratic representation.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Stop listening to your rich mates': Labour civil war erupts over by-election defeat

Labour Party faces internal crisis following a devastating by-election loss in Gorton and Denton, with senior figures including Angela Rayner calling for leadership change and party direction reform.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

You call it a shitshow I say it's unforgivable': Lisa Nandy on Epstein, Mandelson and Labour's torrid week

Keir Starmer survived a near-fatal political crisis; Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy remains upbeat amid governmental turmoil and criticism over media and regulatory performance.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

PM's chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row

Morgan McSweeney has dramatically quit as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, after mounting scrutiny over his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US. The PM's adviser had been coming under pressure after pushing for the former minister to be given the job, despite the peer's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein being publicly known about at the time.
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